Aesthetic features of design, technologies, cut and winding ways of the elechek by regions of Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz nomadic headdresses are the most significant elements of traditional clothing; they reflect the features of the nomadic lifestyle of Kyrgyz and determine their ethnical self-identification. Women's traditional headdress elechek is the most striking expression of the ethnic material culture of the Kyrgyz people. Before, wearing of this headdress reflected the woman’s age, marital status and tribal affiliation. And since the elechek was made especially for every woman, it reflected the individuality of each elechek owner as well. Kyrgyz women's headdresses differ in cut and decoration, depending on the tribal affiliation. Traditionally, elechek was always of a white color, which is traditionally meant the purity, triumph and joy of life of nomads. Kyrgyz women wore elechek after marriage or after the birth of their first child. The goal of our study is to identify the features of design, technologies, cut and winding ways of the elechek by regions of Kyrgyzstan. Another goal of our study is to identify the psychological and pedagogical resources of the winding culture and wearing of the elechek. These resources will help in educating of a harmonious personality and in finding of the place of elechek in the modern world. All these will help to reveal the significance and value of elechek for the younger generation. The main research methods: the methods of interviewing, questioning and practical work with the holders of traditional knowledge of the population of the remote parts of Kyrgyzstan. The method of reconstructing of the main kinds of elechek was used in studying of the attitude of contemporary Kyrgyz people to the traditional clothes. This article presents the materials of field studies hold in the regions of Kyrgyzstan. The reconstruction of the main types of women's headdress elechek was done upon the analyzing of these materials.